48 CFR § 970.3102-0531 - 970.3102-0531 Patent costs and technology transfer costs.

---
identifier: "/us/cfr/t48/s970.3102-0531"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "48 CFR § 970.3102-0531 - 970.3102-0531   Patent costs and technology transfer costs."
title_number: 48
title_name: "Federal Acquisition Regulations System"
section_number: "970.3102-0531"
section_name: "970.3102-0531   Patent costs and technology transfer costs."
chapter_number: 9
chapter_name: "DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY"
subchapter_number: "I"
subchapter_name: "AGENCY SUPPLEMENTARY REGULATIONS"
part_number: "970"
part_name: "DOE MANAGEMENT AND OPERATING CONTRACTS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "42 U.S.C. 2201; 2282a; 2282b; 2282c; 42 U.S.C. 7101  50 U.S.C. 2401"
regulatory_source: "65 FR 81009, Dec. 22, 2000, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "970"
---


# 970.3102-0531 970.3102-0531   Patent costs and technology transfer costs.

(a) For management and operating contracts that do not include the clause at 970.5227-3, Technology Transfer Mission, the cost principle at 48 CFR 31.205-30 applies.

(b) For management and operating contracts that do include the clause at 970.5227-3, Technology Transfer Mission, the following patent and technology transfer costs are allowable—

(1) Costs of preparing invention disclosures, reports, and other patent related documents required by the contract;

(2) Costs of searching the art relating to invention disclosures;

(3) Costs incurred in connection with the filing and prosecution of patent applications for subject inventions, except where those costs are incurred as part of a privately funded technology transfer program recognized under the contract; and

(4) Other costs incurred in accordance with the patent rights clause and the Technology Transfer Mission clause included in the contract.

[65 FR 81009, Dec. 22, 2000. Redesignated and amended at 74 FR 36373, July 22, 2009. Redesignated at 89 FR 89788, Nov. 13, 2024]